Algerian president leaves French hospital after two-day stay

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, who has been plagued by ill health since suffering a mini-stroke last year, left France on Saturday after a two-day stay in hospital. An ambulance escorted by several vehicles was seen leaving the private clinic in the southern city of Grenoble at around 1:30 pm (1230 GMT), and police said Bouteflika was in the convoy that was heading to the airport. The clinic had not offered a reason for the president’s hospitalisation on Thursday when he discretely arrived in Grenoble. Bouteflika has been in poor health since 2013 when he was treated for a mini-stroke in Paris.